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Roosevelt Row faces reckoning over First Friday

Changes to First Friday reignite debate over art, growth and the district's identity.

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May&#x27;s First Friday art walk on Roosevelt Row will look different after organizers scrapped the vendor market and street closures, citing a string of &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ugly" data-vars-click-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXNQd_LEkvo/?img_index=1" data-vars-content-id="f436b103-34cf-4e75-b830-d7b3df3dea0a" data-vars-headline="Roosevelt Row faces reckoning over First Friday" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXNQd_LEkvo/?img_index=1" target="_blank">ugly</a>&quot; and violent incidents.Why it matters: It&#x27;s a moment of reckoning for Roosevelt Row — a once-scrappy arts district that many locals say has lost its authenticity amid downtown Phoenix&#x27;s rapid growth.

Supreme Court ruling could prompt suit over Arizona's Latino districts

The Voting Rights Act ruling could lead Republicans to challenge majority-Latino congressional districts.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="struck down Louisiana&#x27;s congressional map" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/29/supreme-court-redistricting-race-gerrymander" data-vars-content-id="4ceebf31-da9c-4ae2-b9eb-169141ba86d0" data-vars-headline="Supreme Court ruling could prompt suit over Arizona&#x27;s Latino districts" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/29/supreme-court-redistricting-race-gerrymander" target="_self">struck down Louisiana&#x27;s congressional map</a> as an &quot;unconstitutional racial gerrymander&quot; could prompt a lawsuit challenging Arizona&#x27;s predominantly Latino districts.Why it matters: Eliminating or diluting majority-Latino districts, which are overwhelmingly Democratic, could add Republican seats to our maps.

Neighborhoods push back on Arizona data centers

Neighbors say data center projects bring noise, water strain and a lower quality of life.

In Arizona, one of the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="nation&#x27;s data center capitals" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/04/28/arizona-data-center-hotspot-pew-research-center" data-vars-content-id="76d5bfb9-64c7-4fba-b742-abf0702a0a8c" data-vars-headline="Neighborhoods push back on Arizona data centers" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/04/28/arizona-data-center-hotspot-pew-research-center" target="_self">nation&#x27;s data center capitals</a>, neighborhoods have started pushing back against data center projects to little avail.Why it matters: Neighbors say the giant technology centers diminish their quality of life and waste their water, but they face an <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="army of lawyers and lobbyists" data-vars-click-url="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/11/data-centers-are-fueling-the-lobbying-industry-not-just-the-growth-of-ai/" data-vars-content-id="76d5bfb9-64c7-4fba-b742-abf0702a0a8c" data-vars-headline="Neighborhoods push back on Arizona data centers" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/11/data-centers-are-fueling-the-lobbying-industry-not-just-the-growth-of-ai/" target="_blank">army of lawyers and lobbyists</a> working to push the projects through anyway.

Tea Around Town brings its unique bus tours to Phoenix

Tea Around Town brings its afternoon tea party tour bus to Phoenix.

Put on your fanciest clothes and enjoy a tea party on wheels in the heart of Phoenix.State of play: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tea Around Town" data-vars-click-url="https://topviewtix.com/phoenix/tea-around-town-classic" data-vars-content-id="e1678d60-2ed7-4981-8f8b-fec2296c3311" data-vars-headline="Tea Around Town brings its unique bus tours to Phoenix" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://topviewtix.com/phoenix/tea-around-town-classic" target="_blank">Tea Around Town</a> offers a unique experience — an afternoon tea party combined with a scenic tour of the city.

Gilbert Heritage District's apartment era is coming soon

A massive development project is expected to change the landscape of downtown Gilbert.

The Heritage District is months away from opening the first phase of a massive development project that&#x27;s expected to change the landscape of downtown Gilbert.Why it matters: The district exploded onto the Valley&#x27;s entertainment and dining scene about a decade ago and now the town is ready for the next chapter: adding office workers and full-time residents to the mix.

Shipping container housing opens for homeless seniors

The complex has 40 transitional housing units, and residents will have access to case managers and social services.

A newly opened project in Phoenix offers transitional housing made from shipping containers for older adults who are experiencing homelessness.State of play: City officials and others gathered Wednesday morning for the opening of Senior Bridge, which provides 40 individual transitional housing units for homeless seniors at 28th and Van Buren streets.

Why community energy planning matters now

Stronger energy planning helps cities stay powered through heat waves, storms and rising demand.

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Cities drive more than two-thirds of global energy consumption and over 70% of CO₂ emissions — and with urban populations projected to reach two-thirds of the global population by 2050, the stakes are rising fast.🌆 Why it&#x27;s important: Phoenix and other fast-growing urban areas face rising pressure from rapid development, aging infrastructure, extreme weather and the explosive growth of data centers.<ul><li>They&#x27;re also where infrastructure failures cascade fastest into disasters.</li></ul>

No stadium yet, but women's sports campus coming to Fiesta Mall site

Developers sidestepped questions about professional soccer.

The team behind the redevelopment of Mesa&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="leveled Fiesta Mall" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/07/17/fiesta-mall-demolition-mesa-arizona" data-vars-content-id="ea545f8d-e649-44eb-a998-453ef8857c72" data-vars-headline="No stadium yet, but women&#x27;s sports campus coming to Fiesta Mall site" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/07/17/fiesta-mall-demolition-mesa-arizona" target="_self">leveled Fiesta Mall</a> announced a sports-related project for the East Valley site – but it wasn&#x27;t what locals have long been clamoring for.The big picture: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Rumors have been swirling" data-vars-click-url="https://arizonasports.com/phoenix-rising-fc-stories/mesa-mls-nwsl/3603882/" data-vars-content-id="ea545f8d-e649-44eb-a998-453ef8857c72" data-vars-headline="No stadium yet, but women&#x27;s sports campus coming to Fiesta Mall site" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://arizonasports.com/phoenix-rising-fc-stories/mesa-mls-nwsl/3603882/" target="_blank">Rumors have been swirling</a> that a professional soccer stadium was in the works for the 80-acre parcel near U.S. 60 and Alma School Road.

Inside the Valley's $15.8 billion creative economy

Greater Phoenix's creative sector added $15.8B to the economy in 2023 — and it's shaping the future.

Greater Phoenix&#x27;s creative economy isn&#x27;t a niche sector — it&#x27;s a major economic engine.The background: A wave of strategic investment in arts and culture is elevating Greater Phoenix&#x27;s national and global profile — and generating real economic returns.

Phoenix buys industrial property for Rio Salado revitalization project

Rio Reimagined aims to revitalize the Rio Salado from Mesa to Buckeye.

An industrial property in south Phoenix now belongs to the city, marking a significant step in a long-term project to revitalize the Rio Salado.The big picture: The newly acquired site will become part of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Rio Reimagined" data-vars-click-url="https://rioreimagined.org/" data-vars-content-id="041f5912-4057-4346-ad6a-0cfacf729026" data-vars-headline="Phoenix buys industrial property for Rio Salado revitalization project" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://rioreimagined.org/" target="_blank">Rio Reimagined</a>, a regional project involving the cities of Avondale, Buckeye, Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe, as well as Maricopa County and the Salt River-Pima and Gila River Indian communities.

Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming

In 25 years Buckeye went from about 6,500 people to more than 100,000

In a metro area synonymous with explosive growth in recent decades, Buckeye stands out as the Valley&#x27;s biggest boomtown.The big picture: Over the past quarter-century, Buckeye, once a sleepy farming town on the outskirts of metro Phoenix, has become <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="one of the fastest-growing cities" data-vars-click-url="https://kjzz.org/content/1708134/buckeye-one-fastest-growing-cities-us-heres-why" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://kjzz.org/content/1708134/buckeye-one-fastest-growing-cities-us-heres-why" target="_blank">one of the fastest-growing cities</a> not only in Arizona but in the United States.By the numbers: From 1940 to 2000, Buckeye&#x27;s population grew from 1,305 to 6,537.<ul><li>The early 2000s housing boom inflated the population to nearly 51,000 in 2010 and more than 91,000 in 2020.</li><li>Today, Buckeye has about 120,000 residents, Mayor Eric Orsborn tells Axios.</li></ul>The intrigue: Rick West, president of the development company Carefree Partners, predicted that Buckeye&#x27;s population will hit 1.5 million in 50 years.<ul><li>The rapidly growing East Valley is hemmed in by federal land and Native American reservations, but there are no such limitations in Buckeye and the West Valley.</li></ul>Zoom out: Buckeye has more than enough room to grow. Its city limits stretch from near Wittmann in the north almost to Gila Bend in the south.<ul><li>Most of its 639-square-mile planning area is uninhabited desert.</li><li>Christine Larson, a longtime resident who runs the Buckeye Valley Museum, said she&#x27;s come to terms with her city&#x27;s growth. &quot;But then when you start really thinking about it … and this blank slate that&#x27;s in front of us, and it&#x27;s like, ooh, let&#x27;s make it what we want it to be.&quot;</li></ul><figure><img alt="A four-land highway with a dirt median extends to the horizon through vacant desert land. " height="2268" id="fabdc1c6-63c9-49c5-91d2-d1e108300f01" src="https://images.axios.com/koPV3WUvxImJFzqfe-qJCcYoeeg=/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg" width="4032" srcset="https://images.axios.com/4N30vJcuiSJzOH-VnDLjbqh_9ic=/1920x1080/smart/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://images.axios.com/YcyB5s465d3DuHL5jWSIyCSIfus=/1600x900/smart/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https://images.axios.com/WjldUYnhDmKbIFxfFJhclNUVRKU=/1366x768/smart/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg?w=1366 1366w, https://images.axios.com/_xldK-r8ZFdSsyIRHglMSTI3V_M=/1024x576/smart/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.axios.com/_9m2a3ZzvXk-_t86MmJVKCWu3n8=/768x432/smart/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.axios.com/k1fbnhqYsH9Z50TR0nSE7bPttqw=/640x360/smart/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.axios.com/GmLlrKSjmoAgKNt_RD24R10rGOQ=/320x180/smart/2025/02/28/1740778165483.jpg?w=320 320w"/><figcaption>Sun Valley Parkway, sometimes called the &quot;Road to Nowhere,&quot; is expected one day to be home to hundreds of thousands of Buckeye residents west of the White Tank Mountains. Photo: Jeremy Duda/Axios</figcaption></figure>1 long road: The Sun Valley Parkway, once known as the &quot;Road to Nowhere,&quot; runs north from Interstate 1-10 around the western side of the White Tank Mountains and connects to Bell Road in Surprise.<ul><li>The four-lane road weaves through miles of empty desert within Buckeye&#x27;s city limits, an area that Orsborn said could someday be home to as many as 750,000 people.</li><li>The incoming Teravalis community from development company Howard Hughes that broke ground along Sun Valley Parkway in 2022 could eventually have 300,000 residents.</li></ul>Zoom in: Residential growth is fueling economic and industrial development. In recent years, the city has attracted huge distribution warehouses for companies like Five Below, Funko and Ross, and manufacturing from companies like <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Rehrig Pacific Co." data-vars-click-url="https://www.rehrigpacific.com/buckeye" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.rehrigpacific.com/buckeye" target="_blank">Rehrig Pacific Co.</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Blue Polymers" data-vars-click-url="https://bluepolymers.com/blue-polymers-plans-innovative-recycled-plastics-production-facility-in-buckeye-arizona/" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://bluepolymers.com/blue-polymers-plans-innovative-recycled-plastics-production-facility-in-buckeye-arizona/" target="_blank">Blue Polymers</a> is coming to Buckeye, too.<ul><li>Sintra Hoffman, president and CEO of the West Valley economic development organization WESTMARC, said Buckeye is well positioned geographically because it&#x27;s the first &quot;point of entry&quot; into the Phoenix area for people coming from California.</li><li>Abrazo Health <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="broke ground on a medical campus" data-vars-click-url="https://www.abrazohealth.com/news/newsroom/site-work-starts-for-new-abrazo-medical-campus-in-buckeye" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.abrazohealth.com/news/newsroom/site-work-starts-for-new-abrazo-medical-campus-in-buckeye" target="_blank">broke ground on a medical campus</a> in Buckeye last year, and Banner Health is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="building a hospital" data-vars-click-url="https://www.abc15.com/news/business/banner-health-to-build-new-hospital-in-buckeye" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.abc15.com/news/business/banner-health-to-build-new-hospital-in-buckeye" target="_blank">building a hospital</a> there.</li><li>&quot;There&#x27;s a massive amount of employment that&#x27;s headed our way,&quot; Orsborn noted.</li></ul>Between the lines: Kore Power in late January <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="abandoned plans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2025/02/01/kore-power-walks-away-from-planned-battery-plant-in-buckeye/78109127007/" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/southwest-valley/2025/02/01/kore-power-walks-away-from-planned-battery-plant-in-buckeye/78109127007/" target="_blank">abandoned plans</a> for a billion-dollar battery plant in Buckeye, which the company attributed to restructuring.<ul><li>The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="city described Kore Power&#x27;s decision" data-vars-click-url="https://www.buckeyeaz.gov/Home/Components/News/News/2696/18" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.buckeyeaz.gov/Home/Components/News/News/2696/18" target="_blank">city described Kore Power&#x27;s decision</a> as an &quot;isolated incident&quot; that doesn&#x27;t change Buckeye&#x27;s position as a premier business destination. </li></ul><figure><img alt="A street sign with directors to various places in historic downtown Buckeye." height="2268" id="fa4daed5-4eb3-4256-8344-40cf0be7bb34" src="https://images.axios.com/vFQ6KdzbGdRgGmauWZ5DEGRQaTk=/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg" width="4032" srcset="https://images.axios.com/5S1nNuM9bWiNUVnOaPtDb4AuMaQ=/1920x1080/smart/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://images.axios.com/S1vOFj2xAE5GEeBF4sRD2vGAIfk=/1600x900/smart/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https://images.axios.com/JY7XjRUx9LcLE8mcg3v_U7U0IYs=/1366x768/smart/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg?w=1366 1366w, https://images.axios.com/rkVpV2-sxF8vi1e2rIHvWF79iLY=/1024x576/smart/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://images.axios.com/AHWFKMBkP-3Is6x2s6B3WlztH24=/768x432/smart/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg?w=768 768w, https://images.axios.com/OeISVB_XMpUPIL5Y29KeGT2IAXY=/640x360/smart/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg?w=640 640w, https://images.axios.com/7DenA2jsBMGjJRuZYztEBRSYoHo=/320x180/smart/2025/02/28/1740778327886.jpg?w=320 320w"/><figcaption>Buckeye has big plans to redevelop the historic downtown area. Photo: Jeremy Duda/Axios</figcaption></figure>What&#x27;s next: The city has big plans for a downtown redevelopment that Orsborn said could be like downtowns in Chandler, Gilbert and Glendale.What we&#x27;re watching: The city has infrastructure needs in order to reach its potential.<ul><li>Orsborn touted <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="State Route 30" data-vars-click-url="https://azdot.gov/tags/sr-30" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://azdot.gov/tags/sr-30" target="_blank">State Route 30</a>, a planned freeway that would run south of I-10, as a &quot;critically important&quot; reliever for the West Valley.</li><li><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Interstate 11" data-vars-click-url="https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/22/environmental-lawsuit-forces-pause-arizonas-i-11-highway-expansion-plan/" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/22/environmental-lawsuit-forces-pause-arizonas-i-11-highway-expansion-plan/" target="_blank">Interstate 11</a>, which is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="on hold" data-vars-click-url="https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/22/environmental-lawsuit-forces-pause-arizonas-i-11-highway-expansion-plan/" data-vars-content-id="f6dc56ea-60fe-4eed-9670-a65ee8e059b9" data-vars-headline="Once a quiet farming town, Buckeye is booming" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/22/environmental-lawsuit-forces-pause-arizonas-i-11-highway-expansion-plan/" target="_blank">on hold</a> due to an environmental lawsuit, is also a major need for Buckeye&#x27;s future.</li><li>Orsborn believes there&#x27;s an opportunity to turn Buckeye Municipal Airport into an industrial and general aviation hub, similar to Mesa Gateway Airport.</li></ul>

Buckeye's agricultural heritage is fading as development replaces farmland

Buckeye's explosive growth has come at a price for the city's farming community.

Farming has been integral to Buckeye since its 1888 founding, but the city&#x27;s transformation has left its agricultural heritage in peril.Flashback: Jerry Rovey&#x27;s family moved to the Valley in 1912, and he was about 14 years old when he moved to Buckeye after famed developer John F. Long bought the family farm in Glendale.

Nonprofit looks to expand bridge housing project from Glendale to Tempe

The nonprofit expects to complete its six-unit bridge housing complex in Glendale by the end of 2024

The Valley affiliate of a nonprofit is planning a follow-up to an innovative development project in Glendale that will convert shipping containers into bridge housing for previously unhoused people.Why it matters: Arizona is suffering from a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="housing shortage" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2022/09/08/phoenix-needs-more-houses-apartments-demand" data-vars-content-id="fbd95e45-799d-44e8-81ed-0110d6ba4d0b" data-vars-headline="Nonprofit looks to expand bridge housing project from Glendale to Tempe" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2022/09/08/phoenix-needs-more-houses-apartments-demand" target="_self">housing shortage</a> that has driven up prices and exacerbated the state&#x27;s homelessness problem.Catch up quick: Family Promise of Greater Phoenix <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="announced plans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.azfamily.com/2023/03/07/glendale-church-helps-affordable-housing-crisis-provides-land-low-cost-apartments/" data-vars-content-id="fbd95e45-799d-44e8-81ed-0110d6ba4d0b" data-vars-headline="Nonprofit looks to expand bridge housing project from Glendale to Tempe" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.azfamily.com/2023/03/07/glendale-church-helps-affordable-housing-crisis-provides-land-low-cost-apartments/" target="_blank">announced plans</a> in 2022 for a six-unit complex called Legacy Village that converts 640-square-foot shipping containers into housing. <ul><li>Each container will be a two-bedroom &quot;communal housing&quot; unit for two families. </li><li>The nonprofit partnered with Disciples of Christ Church in Glendale near 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road to use some of the congregation&#x27;s vacant land. </li></ul>The intrigue: Family Promise chose the location because it was in the ZIP code with the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="highest eviction rate in the state" data-vars-click-url="https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona/2023/04/17/top-10-metro-phoenix-areas-for-evictions-account-for-13-of-filings/70009336007/" data-vars-content-id="fbd95e45-799d-44e8-81ed-0110d6ba4d0b" data-vars-headline="Nonprofit looks to expand bridge housing project from Glendale to Tempe" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona/2023/04/17/top-10-metro-phoenix-areas-for-evictions-account-for-13-of-filings/70009336007/" target="_blank">highest eviction rate in the state</a>, CEO Ted Taylor told Axios. The big picture: Using the Glendale village as a prototype, Family Promise hopes to expand to other locations in the Valley, and Taylor said the nonprofit is already working on plans for a second complex in Tempe. <ul><li>&quot;Shared housing is a pathway to market-rate housing,&quot; he said.</li><li>Taylor said they&#x27;re not ready to identify the congregation or site yet.</li></ul>How it works: The communal or &quot;cohabitation&quot; housing costs $100 per week, utilities included, with a maximum stay of 90 days. <ul><li>Affordable &quot;bridge housing&quot; will cost $950 per month. </li><li>Family Promise plans for the Tempe site to be financially self-sustaining, with a mix of cohabitation, bridge and permanent housing. </li><li>The group has provided similar brick-and-mortar housing options since 2012.</li></ul><figure><img alt="Several shipping containers being renovated at a construction site, surrounded by large metal pylons filled with rocks. " height="2268" id="f6d8c7ab-3760-4add-8634-6619aec0c294" src="https://images.axios.com/j2lA37Rt52PlkieKy6cPTNmq2QY=/2024/10/29/1730235359891.jpg" width="4032"/><figcaption>Family Promise of Greater Phoenix&#x27;s Legacy Village complex under construction near 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road. Photo: Jeremy Duda/Axios</figcaption></figure>What they&#x27;re saying: Family Promise has long partnered with the faith community to shelter people, and Taylor said 70% of those they house return to sustainable housing within 60 days of arrival. <ul><li>&quot;We know that many of those congregations have excess land, and we figured out that if we could partner with them on long-term leases and develop an affordable housing project on that land, it would be missional for them as well as us,&quot; he said. </li><li>City of Tempe spokesperson Kris Baxter declined to comment on Family Promise&#x27;s plans because nothing has been submitted to the city, but told Axios that Tempe is &quot;always looking for ways to address the affordable housing problem.&quot; </li></ul>What&#x27;s next: Family Promise expects Legacy Village, which Taylor said is about 85% finished, to be completed between Thanksgiving and New Year&#x27;s.<ul><li>Taylor said there&#x27;s no timetable for the Tempe proposal, but explained that projects normally take 18-24 months for development. </li><li>10 congregations contacted  Family Promise about using their land for housing after announcing the Glendale project two years ago, though no other sites have been identified. </li><li>Family Promise is also looking to buy mobile home parks in the Valley to keep them affordable and has a federal grant to do so in Mesa.</li></ul>

What are they building: Long-empty corner gets a car wash

The corner at the northeast corner of the intersection has been vacant for many years.

A long-vacant corner at a major intersection in north Phoenix is finally being developed, with a local car wash chain planning to open a new location. State of play: The northeast corner of Thunderbird Road and 35th Avenue will become home to a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Francis &amp; Sons Car Wash" data-vars-click-url="https://francisandsonscarwash.com/" data-vars-content-id="44607111-e334-4b44-8ff9-6e5cc05990c4" data-vars-headline="What are they building: Long-empty corner gets a car wash" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://francisandsonscarwash.com/" target="_blank">Francis &amp; Sons Car Wash</a>.

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